Thunderstorm Wind in Kanawha County, West Virginia

Thunderstorm Wind July 25, 2005 · Kanawha County, West Virginia

58 mph

Estimated gust (50 kt)

Death

$5K

Damage as recorded

Where the report was made, with tornadoes recorded within 15 miles over the years.

What the National Weather Service wrote

Scattered locations throughout the city reported trees or large branches blown down. Garrison Ave was blocked by fallen trees. A 79 year old man was killed by a falling tree in the 1400 block of Virginia Street. He was trying to get into his car, that was located off an alley behind his home. The tree fell from an adjacent backyard and across a brick wall. The tree canopy engulfed the parked car.

The wider storm

After a hot and humid afternoon, strong to severe thunderstorms moved southeast, out of Ohio, and through much of West Virginia. Damaging wind gusts were common with the storms and the associated outflow boundary. One power company reported 50,000 customers without electricity at the peak of the outages.

Began near Charleston (38.3500, -81.6333).

Source: NOAA Storm Events Database, event 5461450. Narratives are written by the National Weather Service forecast office that issued the report.

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